I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving.

Mine was lovely. As I wrote in my last post, Wednesday night I baked a green bean casserole (I add mushrooms to mine) and a chocolate chip pecan pie. The pie got rave reviews on Thursday and Friday when it was consumed by Steve and his family and my friend Susan. We played "Uno" with Steve's family until about 12:30 AM on Friday. I was tired but it was a lot of fun. Friday evening I did a little shopping (the mall was busy but not crazy, I think because people went home for dinner) and got some good bargains. Yesterday and today I've been hanging out with friends and working on my Director's Guild Training Program application. It needs to be postmarked by Friday. Once I'm done with this post I'll head back downstairs and continue working on my essay question answers. I can't wait until my TV production class on Tuesday night, I start dog sitting for Raymah towards the end of the week, and I might be going to see the Capitol Steps this weekend. Yeah!

Small Update

Today I met with some friends, went for ice cream with one of them, had dinner with Steve, came home and baked green bean casserole and a chocolate pecan pie, cleaned half of my room, and watched four episodes of "Lois and Clark". Tomorrow I'm off to Steve's mom's house for Thanksgiving. Before I go to bed, I want to wish all of you a happy turkey day!

I was Katie Holmes!

Last night's TV production class was a lot of fun. To give everyone in the class a chance to work a camera we did a set of fake interviews. We had three camera operators, a floor manager, an interviewee, and some spectators for each interview and we rotated positions each time. When it was my turn to be interviewed I was told that I would be playing Katie Holmes. Soon the videos we shot will be uploaded to youtube and I'll put a link to them on my blog so you can see me in action.

It's a winter wonderland!

I had a great time at the Arlo Guthrie concert this weekend. He's an amazing piano and guitar player in addition to being a great lyricist. I did chores and watched "Lois and Clark" most of Sunday and Monday. (I love the series and recently got a really good deal on the DVDs.) I did get a call from the temp. agency yesterday but the job they offered me was mostly the opposite of what I am looking for. Oh, well. Hopefully they'll call again soon with a better fit. Anyway, when I woke up today I was greeted by our first good snowfall of the season. I hope you like these pictures of the back yard. It's just so beautiful. I love the quiet as well.

Stuff

I took the proficiency tests at the temp agency this morning and did okay. The computer started bogging down toward the end so it was a little awkward. My reference was great so they are just waiting to get some short term jobs for me. Afterwards, I got an oil change for my car. BTW, it's pouring rain outside but the leaves are still beautiful.

Personality tests.

This afternoon I took the online personality & cognitive tests required by the temp. agency. It was weird but okay. I even learned some things about myself. Unfortunately, I couldn't take the assessment tests because they had to be done on an IBM compatible PC. Instead, I'm going back into the office tomorrow morning to take them. After that, I'll be getting my car an oil change.

My first production class!

This morning I went to the temp. agency. They don't have any positions right now but they said that they always get last minute calls. The woman I spoke to said that I'll be the first on their list when that happens. In the meantime, I need to complete a few online tests as a formality. I'll be doing that tomorrow.

Tonight I went to my first production class at the local community television station. This session was mostly to impart basic information about camera operation including various parts of the camera and different types of shots. I can't wait until next week when we'll acutally get to operate the studio cameras. Check out these two pics from right after class.

Career Stuff happening.

I had a great weekend with my friends. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see my family because they were all out of town. On the way back last night we stopped at the home of one of my friends and had dinner. It was nice and I got home around 7pm, exhausted but happy. Today, I called the temp agency that I worked with when I was with the Symphony. I'm going in for an appointment tomorrow and they said that it would be possible to be on call for jobs so that I can keep my schedule really flexible. I'm going to call my mom, dad, and Becky tonight.

Doing lots of chores...

and I got to see my friend Wendy last night. We had dinner at a nice Vietnamese restaurant and then went back to her place to have tea. She also gave me the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" book that she picked up awhile ago. Tonight I'm looking forward to the 2hr. tv event of the case that begins on "CSI" and ends on "Without A Trace". Tomorrow I'm leaving for the Eastern part of the state to spend the weekend with friends.

Updates

Yesterday I mailed my membership check to the community television station so that I can start my class next Tuesday. I also went grocery shopping. Today I got a lot of computer stuff done that I'd been putting off and finally updated my contact info. with my various doctors. Next week I'm due for the second half of the hepatitis vaccine that I got before I went to China. I also called Hutch and confirmed that I will house & pet sit for him and Raymah at the end of this month and the beginning of next month. This is a paid gig and that's a good thing. I haven't called the temp agency yet but I hope to do that tomorrow. Anyway, I'm heading out shortly to meet with some friends.

Not much going on.

Jurassic Park was fun! I laughed a lot. Today I went out to the eastern part of the state and met with friends. I finally got back home around 7pm and I'm pretty tired. Tomorrow I'll have to get groceries and do some more career stuff.

Big News!

Yesterday at lunch a friend of mine mentioned that a local community television station had just moved into a new studio space and that same friend wondered if I'd given any thought to getting involved with said station. When I came home, I googled the station and discovered that they were having an open house/grand opening today from 1pm-4pm. The short version of the story is that I'm now a member of the station and I am enrolled in their basic producer course (6 weeks beginning November 13th). I also spoke to their Executive Director and I may be doing some volunteer work for them in the areas of website and basic production. It will be a great learning opportunity and a good way to do some more networking. I'm really excited.

Anyway, I'm off now to see the midnight showing of Jurassic Park!

(Raymah, I'll get back to you Monday but I can probably pet sit for you. Thanks for asking.)

Halloween and other stuff!

This was my Halloween costume. I made it myself for about $30. I went to a friend's to hand out candy. We sat on the porch (since it was fairly warm for this time of year) and talked while handing out treats. It was nice.

Also since I last posted, I taught Steve how to surf the web on Monday. That was cool and I turned out to be a good teacher. Oh, and on Saturday I attended a goodbye dinner for my friend, Carolyn, who's moving to NYC.

Other than that, not much is happening.